Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 55, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 July 1931 — Page 8

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RAIL METHODS : OF OPERATION UNDER PROBE Commissioners Are Scan* 1 ning Management to Help on Rate Ruling. BY H. O. THOMPSON, Prm* Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. July 14.—The Interstate Commerce Commission, which Wednesday begins hearings on the petition of the nation's railroads for Increased freight rates, has acted upon its own initiative to obtain facts of railroad management which will not be developed at the rate investigation. The commission wants to know whether the railroads are being operated economically and efficiently. To get this information, it has ordered a full investigation of railroad practices. It was believed the results of the Inquiry would have great weight in consideration of the railroad's plea that their revenues should be bolstered some $400,000,000 by rate increases. If the commission discovers that the carriers are operated wastefully and arc overlooking economies that might make a rate increase urmeccessary, the commission naturally would not be sympathetic to the cries of distress. A finding that all legitimate economies were being practiced would shift the emphasis back to higher rates as a source of the revenues-which rail executives fay arc needed so badly. It was announced the first subjects to be considered would be the prices paid for railroad fuel, the handling of coal at tidewater points and for lake shipment, the disposal of freight cars and the methods of "spotting cars on spur tracks for Industries, and the construction and maintenance of sidings for shippers. The hearings which begin Wednesday are the first stage of the rate proceedings. Railroad executives have been gathering here for days and Monday began a series of conferences and committee meetings. J. J. Pelley of the New York, New' Have & Hartford is organizing the railroads’ case.

Mr. Fixit Writ* your troubles to Mr. Fixit. Ho Is The Times representative at the city hall and will be clad to present Tour ease to the proper city officials. Write him In care of The Times, s'rntng your full name and address. Name will not be published.

Mr. Fixit—Please see the proper authorities about oiling Bright street south of New York street once in a while. The dust is unbearable. This reouest has been Bled in the office of Street Commissioner W. H. Winship. who has promised action as soon as reuuesls received previously are cared tor. Mr. Fixit—There is a large amount >f poison ivy covering a fence in the 500 block North Emerson avenue. Several children have been poisoned. A health board Inspector who Investigated reported he ordered the owner to remove the poison ivy. He reported finding one child poisoned. Mr. Fixitr— Would you please get some fine cinders on South Drexel avenue from Fletcher avenue south? A READER OF THE TIMES. Street Commissioner W. H. Winship has promised action on this complaint. Mr. Fixit—There arc two young mountains in the middle of Tacoma street at Sixteenth street. One of these bent the axle of my car. I w’ould like to see you have them blasted out. E. S. Investigation of this complaint has been promised by Street Commissioner W. H. Winship. CENTRAL LABOR UNION RE-ELECTS OFFICERS Entire Staff Is Named Again in Vote at City Meeting. Old officers of the Central Labor Union will continue in office as result of re-election of the entire staff by the miion Monday night at Plumbers’ hall. They are: William Holmes. Iron-workers' union, president; Robert Fox. plumbers' union, vice-president; Kmll Salsbury. stonecutters’ union, recording secretary: James Kinney, plumbers' union, financial secretary: Rose Schaffner. garment workers, statistician; Bert Purseil. post office clerks, sergeant-st-armss: John Smith, stagehands. organiser: Frank Hockett. Thomas Dunn and Harry Peats, trustees, and Theressa Elstrod. M. R. McNeeles. Fox and Arthur Huhn. convention delegates.

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OLD FAVORITES ARE MOST IN DEMAND Followers of Nick Lucas Seem to Like His Early Tunes Much Better Than Some of His New Ones. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN SONGS that Nick Lucas sang in the movies and some that he crooned a year or two ago are the ones in demand at the Lyric this week. When Lucas invites the audience to name what they want to hear it is the old tunes which are requested the most. And the interesting thing about the affair is that those crying out for certain melodies keep on insisting until Nick strikes up the melody on his guitar. .He is a much more polished performer than he has been. When he first was getting famous. Nick did not use makeup. Now’ his makeup is faultless. He is wise in leaving the major part cf his program up to his audience. I am glad that Lucas does not attempt any stories

or Jokes. He sings and he plays and while he is doing that he is failureproof. The people want pleasant and soothing melody these days and Lucas has that satisfying brand. He

is sincere in his curtain talk when he thanks the audience for his fine reception. Chesleigh and Gibbs are two girls who go in for nifety patter after they walk out of an dirigible. Some of their wise cracks are ultra smart. The Tanzolas arc good dancers and they work up their finale to a rapid finish. Two girls

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and a man, all fine dancing artists. Pickard is present with his trained seal, Mickey. The seal is w’ell trained. The material of Lionel and Betty Kaye is mighty weak. So is the delivery. The Four Kadex put on a lot of thrills on a specially made apparatus. A good act. The movie is Jack Mulhall and Betty Bronson in “Lover Come Back.” Now at the Lyric.

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My verdict of “Petticoat Influence” as it is being acted at English's this week by the Arthur Casey company is that it is a nicely acted, smart little comedy. It gives Miss Frances Dale an opportunity to show her talents at polite drawing room comedy. When the wife (Miss Dale) learns that another man than her husband

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is appointed by the foreign minister, she puts petticoat Influence to work and lands the job for her hubby. Os course she gets everything in a fine mess and a delicate one at that but she triumphs and the ending is smart and happy. Donald Woods is good as the husband who wants to be a governor. This production marks the entrance of Jack Storey, formerly with Stuart Walker here and in Cincinnati, as a member of the Casey company. He fits right into the part of the Earl of Daraway. the foreign secretary. Nice, polished and clever comedy w'ork. Freddie Sherman, Dick Elliott, Yvonne Stebbins, Walter Davis (very good as Reggie Melcombe), and Frances Busby complete the cast. Here is light, smart fun. It should please. Now at English's,. a m st ORGAN RECITAL TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT A benefit organ recital will be given at Edwin Ray Methodist Episcopal church tonight by Freda M. Hart. Miss Hart is a graduate of De Pauw music school, a member of the American Guild of Oragnists,

Mu Phi Epsilon. Alpha Gamma Delta and Mortar Beard. The public is invited to attend. The program follows: “Cornation March” Meyerbeer •'Norwegian Dance... "Echo Bells” Brewer i ' Seen- Orlentale "Russian Patrol” Rubinstein "Minuet iDivertimentoi” Mozart j ’Loves Old Sweet Song " Molloy-Lemare "Song of the Volga Bo tmen" .._ Russian Polk Song j "Aragonaise” Massenet j March from "Suite for Organ '... .Rogers a a a Other theaters today offer: “I Take This Woman” at the Indiana, j Bradley Kincaid at the Circle, "Man ; lit Possession" at the Palace, “Their Mad Moment” at the Apollo, “The Vice Squad”, at the Ohio, StriblingScbmeling fight at the Terminal, and burlesque at the Mutual. EX-CITY WOMAN DIES Mrs. Rose Grossman Lived Here for Thirty Yews. Word of death of Mrs. Rose Grossman, formerly a resident of Indianapolis thirty years, at the home of a daughter in Chicago Monday was received here by her son, Louis N. Grossman, president of the Sanitary Washed Wiper Company. Funeral services will be held in Chicago Tuesday. Three other sons ; and two daughters survive her.

4,500 'ON THE LIST' Sought State Police Jobs. Garrott Reveals. Forty-five hundred “deserving Democrats” made application to to Frank Mayr Jr., secretary of state, for jobs on the state police force, according to a tabulation completed today by Chief Grover Garrott in the last draft there w’ere but twenty-two places to be filled, bringing the total number of officers and men to sixty-five.

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